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June 21, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Just Got Darker and Scarier
The president just won a temporary victory in court on his troops in Los Angeles. His unhinged reaction to it reveals the true depths of his malevolent intentions toward—well, us.
June 14, 2025
Jason Linkins
What the Democrats Must Learn From the People of Los Angeles
Conflict with Trump’s lawlessness is inevitable—and the fight cannot be ducked.
June 6, 2025
Greg Sargent
The Real Reason for the Trump-Musk Feud Is Uglier Than You Think
Strip away the ego contest, and what you really see here is a competition about how to screw over poor and working people more effectively.
June 6, 2025
Michael Tomasky
There’s Only One Question Here: Can Musk Bring Trump Down if He Wants?
The conventional wisdom is that Trump holds more cards than Musk. But if that’s wrong, we’re in for some fun times.
June 6, 2025
Matt Ford
The Real Reason Trump Has Created This Autopen Scandal
The latest in manufactured controversies has less to do with legal victories over the Biden administration than it does with creating content for the president’s media allies.
May 30, 2025
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much
In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.
May 28, 2025
Parker Molloy
Scott Pelley Warns Graduates About the Threats to American Democracy
The “60 Minutes” correspondent never mentioned Trump by name, but his call to defend democratic institutions was apparently too much for the MAGA crowd to handle.
May 27, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Trump Talks “Trophy Wives” but Biden’s Autopen Is the New “Her Emails”
MAGAworld’s latest fixation can be explained simply: These reprobates love to lie, and it’s become way too easy for them to get away with it.
May 25, 2025
Joe Cirincione
Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer
For 40 years, missile defense has never been about keeping America safe. It’s all about the contracts.
May 24, 2025
Jason Linkins
Joe Biden Is the Least of Democrats’ Problems
Some commentators say the former president’s age and acuity will be a litmus test for 2028 candidates. They are embarrassingly wrong.
May 24, 2025
Indigo Olivier
The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing
The man who attacked the Palm Springs facility is an acolyte of “efilism”—an anti-life belief system arising from the despair our political choices have wrought.
May 23, 2025
Osita Nwanevu
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.
May 23, 2025
Faiz Shakir
Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat
Party insiders are spending millions to find the liberal Joe Rogan. How about perfecting the message before conducting a search for the perfect messenger?
May 21, 2025
Alex Shephard
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?
It’s true that Biden’s team hid his decline from the public. But the public had long known that he wasn’t fit to serve another term as president.
May 20, 2025
Greg Sargent
JD Vance’s Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him
The veep once excoriated Republicans over deep Medicaid cuts. Where he lands today will tell us much about his character—and the true goals of Trumpism.
May 19, 2025
Michael Tomasky
What the Democrats Need to Learn From the Biden Cover-Up Fiasco
As much as covering up the president’s infirmity was a scandal for all involved, the Democrats’ mortal sin was the one that was right out in the open.
May 17, 2025
Jason Linkins
Let’s Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers
Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.
May 11, 2025
Jason Linkins
The Democrats Have an Age-Old Problem
The party is stewing with tension between young blood and their decorated elders. But the real fault line may have more to do with vigor than with age.
May 9, 2025
Michael Tomasky
You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.
May 9, 2025
Ross Rosenfeld
Here’s the Deranged MAGA Propaganda Coming to Voice of America
Kari Lake announced a deal to feed content from One America News, the pro-Trump network, to the government-funded international news outlet. It won’t cost anything—except the truth.
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